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On her own ground : the life and times of Madam C.J. Walker

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On her own ground : the life and times of Madam C.J. Walker

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Bundles, A'Lelia Perry

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Walker, C. J., Madam, 1867-1919, Cosmetics industry -- United States -- History, African American women executives -- Biography, Cosmetics industry, African American women executives, Biografie, United States
Publisher
New York : Scribner
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printdisabled; marygrovecollege; internetarchivebooks; americana
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Internet Archive
Language
English
415 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm

"The daughter of slaves, Madam C.J. Walker was orphaned at seven, married at fourteen and widowed at twenty. She spent the better part of the next two decades laboring as a washerwoman for $1.50 a week. Then--with the discovery of a revolutionary hair care formula for black women--everything changed. By her death in 1919, Walker managed to overcome astonishing odds: building a storied beauty empire from the ground up, amassing wealth unprecedented among black women and devoting her life to philanthropy and social activism. Along the way, she formed friendships with great early-twentieth-century political figures such as W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington."--Front flap of jacket

"A Lisa Drew book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-385) and index

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